§ 114.15. PROHIBITED SALES.  


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  • It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco related device, or nicotine delivery products:
    (A) To any person under the age of 18 years;
    (B) By means of any type of vending machine, as limited according to M.S. § 461.18;
    (C) By means of self-service methods whereby the customer does not need to make a verbal or written request to an employee of the licensed premise in order to receive the tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco related device, or nicotine delivery products and whereby there is not a physical exchange of tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco related devices, and nicotine delivery products between the licensee or the licensee’s employee and the customer;
    (D) By means of loosies as defined in section 114.02 of this chapter;
    (E) Containing opium, morphine, jimson weed, bella donna, strychnos, cocaine, marijuana, or other type of deleterious, hallucinogenic, or toxic or controlled substance except nicotine and not naturally found in tobacco or tobacco products; or
    (F) By any other means or to any other person, prohibited by federal, state, or other local law, ordinance provision, or other regulation;
    Without first having obtained a license to do so from the city.
    (G) To sell tobacco use cessation products as described in M.S. § 609.685 to any person under the age of 18 except as legally allowed by the United States Food and Drug Administration with a prescription.
    (Ord. 7530, passed 8-16-2011) Penalty, see § 114.99